Here to celebrate the first anniversary of Big Blue, Dead Soft have unloaded a new EP. Called Baby Blue, the mini-release can be heard now.
Made up of six tracks, the EP features re-imagined versions of some of the highlights from the BC band's Arts & Crafts debut. It's available now on Bandcamp and will arrive on other streaming services this Friday (October 23).
Baby Blue started a some casual experiment in recording techniques, a press release explains, but it eventually turned into a full-fledged project when the band put all their touring plans on hold due to the pandemic.
In a statement, Dead Soft's Nathaniel Epp had the following to say:
Baby Blue started as the recording equivalent of a doodle back in the winter when we had some down time after the first Big Blue tour. I had decided that I wanted to start self recording again and started messing around with microphones, getting sounds and tracking this and that. After a while we could start to see this potential alternate version EP forming but we didn't make it a priority because we had a lot going on at that point — and then covid hit! Like everyone else, we ended up cancelling tons of shows and began trying to form an idea of what being in a band will look like for the foreseeable future. One thing was certain, we had a hell of a lot more time on our hands so we leaned a little harder into Baby Blue for some much needed solace during the gnarliest stretch of lockdown and ended up really getting a kick out of how it was coming together. What could be a more perfect time to share them with the world than on the first anniversary of Big Blue! The timing was right.
Check out Baby Blue down below.
Made up of six tracks, the EP features re-imagined versions of some of the highlights from the BC band's Arts & Crafts debut. It's available now on Bandcamp and will arrive on other streaming services this Friday (October 23).
Baby Blue started a some casual experiment in recording techniques, a press release explains, but it eventually turned into a full-fledged project when the band put all their touring plans on hold due to the pandemic.
In a statement, Dead Soft's Nathaniel Epp had the following to say:
Baby Blue started as the recording equivalent of a doodle back in the winter when we had some down time after the first Big Blue tour. I had decided that I wanted to start self recording again and started messing around with microphones, getting sounds and tracking this and that. After a while we could start to see this potential alternate version EP forming but we didn't make it a priority because we had a lot going on at that point — and then covid hit! Like everyone else, we ended up cancelling tons of shows and began trying to form an idea of what being in a band will look like for the foreseeable future. One thing was certain, we had a hell of a lot more time on our hands so we leaned a little harder into Baby Blue for some much needed solace during the gnarliest stretch of lockdown and ended up really getting a kick out of how it was coming together. What could be a more perfect time to share them with the world than on the first anniversary of Big Blue! The timing was right.
Check out Baby Blue down below.
